Receptaculites occidentalis

  • PP 22305 Label
    Photographer: Mane Pritza : Field Museum of Natural History - Geology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 2018 Summer IMLS Ordovician Digitization Project. Receptaculites label
  • PP 22305 a-p
    Photographer: Mane Pritza : Field Museum of Natural History - Geology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 2018 Summer IMLS Ordovician Digitization Project. Receptaculites fossil
  • PP 22305 a-cu
    Photographer: Mane Pritza : Field Museum of Natural History - Geology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 2018 Summer IMLS Ordovician Digitization Project. Receptaculites fossil
  • PP 22305 a1-p
    Photographer: Mane Pritza : Field Museum of Natural History - Geology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 2018 Summer IMLS Ordovician Digitization Project. Receptaculites fossil
Catalog Number: PP 22305
Taxonomic Name: Receptaculites occidentalis
FM Catalog: Paleobotany
Phylum: Chlorophyta
Order: Receptaculitales
Period: Devonian
Earliest Epoch: Early Devonian
Earliest Age: Emsian
Formation: Ottosee Limestone
Coordinates Available?: No
Country: United States of America
State/Province/Territory: Virginia
County: Scott
EMu IRN: 2263478
Occurrence ID: 35069b1c-5a19-41a4-bd73-874fb1290a27

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